Munawar Mohiuddin hails from a remote corner of southern Punjab, where he received his early training in painting by making banners and hoardings. He later joined the Fine Arts Department of the University of the Punjab to obtain formal education in art. In 1995, he graduated with an MFA in Graphic Design, although his inclination had always been towards painting. He has been participating in exhibitions organised by the Artists’ Association of Punjab for the past several years. In 2011, he mounted his first solo exhibition at Hamail Art Galleries, Lahore. Mohiuddin belongs to the group of landscape painters who consider Khalid Iqbal their spiritual mentor. In his early paintings, Munawar...